ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201845
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Date: | Sunday 29 March 1942 |
Time: | 01:24 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z1274 |
MSN: | QT-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | the Cambrai Kaserne at Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:39 hrs local time for an operation to Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein.
Over the target, the aircraft was hit by Flak of the Flakbrigade Küste and crashed.
The crew all rest at Hamburg:
Pilot: 1167454 Sgt George Thomas Leather - Hamburg Cemetery 5A. A. 5.
2nd Pilot: R/77269 Sgt Wilfred Clarence Picher RCAF Hamburg Cemetery 5A. A. 2.
Observer: 1058530 Sgt Gerald Patrick Murray - Hamburg Cemetery 5A. A. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1255402 Hugh James McHutchinson Hamburg Cemetery 5A. A. 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 952261 Horace James Whale Hamburg Cemetery 5A. A. 3.
Air Gunner: 573395 Sgt Kenneth William Smith - Hamburg Cemetery 5A. A. 4.
Sources:
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1274+ Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 November 1942 |
BK198 |
142 Sqn RAF |
5 |
North Sea 7 km west of Bergen, Noord-Holland |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Nov-2017 18:40 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
18-Oct-2018 13:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
16-Apr-2020 13:24 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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